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noun • (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale • a very rapid raid • a swift descent through the air verb • move down on as if in an attack • move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc • seize or catch with a swooping motion | ||||||||
27% | 9 | Having a single line of descent or derived from a single line of descent | ||||||
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18% | 8 | Airborne descent | ||||||
noun • A delivery of goods or equipment by dropping of a parachute verb • To deliver goods or equipment by dropping of a parachute | ||||||||
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